Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Review

[Bad_Conduct]

In case you feel like you're missing it by not being on Steam.

Running on a Ryzen 3600, and 6600 XT, 32GB of DDR4.
Brand new build for HTPC.

Launch the game. Wireless Xbox controller doesn't work.
Go through the setup with the keyboard just fine, select controller at the end. Keys change to buttons, but still doesn't work.
Exit game

Relaunch game.
Still not working.
Close game, close epic store, reconnect controller... still not working
Reset PC.

Relaunch game.
Controller works! Good.
Check the menu settings, HDR is enabled. Go to set the resolution to 4k just to see how it runs.
Every time you scroll through the resolution, the screen size changes, which is weird. Usually you just accept one, not preview them all in real time...
Oh well, HDR breaks while doing that and the screen goes very dark. Quit game.

Relaunch game.
4k working, HDR is working.
Star a new game, cut scenes look good, game runs OK, go through the tutorial. Get passed the intro and into Castle Cornelia. Running a bit choppy walking around, alt+tab to open MSI Afterburner and check the FPS. It's running about 50 fps, not bad, but not great.
Back into the menu to change the resolution... oh no wait, the controller layout is completely screwed up now. X and B are reverse, start is Left stick click. Wtf?
Quit game, open the Xbox app and verified the controller is ok.

Relaunch game.
Controller working fine.
Set resolution to 1440p, HDR breaks again.Quit game.

Relaunch game.
FPS is good now, walk around and talk to people in the castle. Leave the castle.
Cut scenes are now a black screen with voice overs. Wtf? Ah well, skip the cut scenes for now.
Opens a map I can pick from. Pick the first area, it's a repeat of the tutorial. Exit that, start the second option, Chaos Temple.
Cut scene works this time, that's good. Walk up and open the door.
Crash to desktop.

$80? That's enough of this.

Open up a web browser, search "Requesting a refund on Epic Games", submit refund request. Get money back.

Buy Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Runs flawless at 4k, controller works great.

[my new friend]

Windows 10 or 11?

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Launch the game. Wireless Xbox controller doesn't work.

It does for me.

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Set resolution to 1440p, HDR breaks again.Quit game.

No issues here.
The game looks awful anyways. Don't buy Final Fantasy games that Squareenix themselves did not make.

[Bad_Conduct]

Seems more like don't buy anything Square Enix makes an Epic store exclusive. FF7 remake was pretty buggy from what I hear, but I doubt it was this bad.
No idea why the controller didn't work on launch, but a reboot fixed it.

[my new friend]

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Seems more like don't buy anything Square Enix makes an Epic store exclusive. FF7 remake was pretty buggy from what I hear, but I doubt it was this bad.
No idea why the controller didn't work on launch, but a reboot fixed it.

KH series work just fine.

[Devsman]

>buys at launch
>complains it doesn't work

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

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>buys at launch
>complains it doesn't work

Games should at least not have so many glitches and potential way to break up on launch ...

Sometime It's make me wonder if the developers even played the games they made.

[Sixtyfivekills]

...... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

0:40
https://youtu.be/SVdnAwzkXtE

[Bad_Conduct]

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>buys at launch
>complains it doesn't work

The problem with games that don't work on launch is if they are commercial failures, they never work after launch either. And usually not working at launch contributes to that factor.

[Bad_Conduct]

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...... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

0:40
https://youtu.be/SVdnAwzkXtE

Jesus, 2000 called, they want their rap-metal back lol

[Sixtyfivekills]

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...... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

0:40
https://youtu.be/SVdnAwzkXtE

Jesus, 2000 called, they want their rap-metal back lol

Tbh the entire tone of the game and MCs behavior is why its easily my favorite FF game of them all.

As for the port I'm sure it sucks, but believe me it's not any better on consoles either unless you somehow own a PS5. 480p 15-60fps on base PS4, it's a damn mess but a weirdly charming one.

[Devsman]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Devsman:

>buys at launch
>complains it doesn't work

Games should at least not have so many glitches and potential way to break up on launch ...

Sometime It's make me wonder if the developers even played the games they made.

You're absolutely right. They 100% should.

But they don't, and I really don't see how anybody can possibly have not figured this out yet.

[Bad_Conduct]

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Jesus, 2000 called, they want their rap-metal back lol

Tbh the entire tone of the game and MCs behavior is why its easily my favorite FF game of them all.

As for the port I'm sure it sucks, but believe me it's not any better on consoles either unless you somehow own a PS5. 480p 15-60fps on base PS4, it's a damn mess but a weirdly charming one.

The concept was intriguing, that's why I decided to give it a shot.

But like, 2 hours of endless trouble shooting on a a new game, on a new system just to get a CTD after?
It's just not worth the effort...

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Lemonfed:

Games should at least not have so many glitches and potential way to break up on launch ...

Sometime It's make me wonder if the developers even played the games they made.

You're absolutely right. They 100% should.

But they don't, and I really don't see how anybody can possibly have not figured this out yet.

It's an Xbox controller, it's built into the Windows API. It's not rocket science. It should work out of the box.
Same with the resolution, you don't scroll thru and preview them in real time, wtf is that? That's just lazy development.

Bugs, crashes, or other stuff? Sure, that's forgivable. But basic UI and settings options that break the game, forget it. I'm not bothering with it.

If they give it some heavy patches in the next few weeks, I'll reconsider, but look at BF2042. Garbage on release, sold like crap, and it's basically dead.

[Devsman]

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You're absolutely right. They 100% should.

But they don't, and I really don't see how anybody can possibly have not figured this out yet.

It's an Xbox controller, it's built into the Windows API. It's not rocket science. It should work out of the box.
Same with the resolution, you don't scroll thru and preview them in real time, wtf is that? That's just lazy development.

Bugs, crashes, or other stuff? Sure, that's forgivable. But basic UI and settings options that break the game, forget it. I'm not bothering with it.

If they give it some heavy patches in the next few weeks, I'll reconsider, but look at BF2042. Garbage on release, sold like crap, and it's basically dead.

Again, 100% correct. There's no excuse whatsoever.

Of course, they never needed excuses. Buying at launch and expecting a working game is literally Daffy Duck levels of silly.

[Bad_Conduct]

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It's an Xbox controller, it's built into the Windows API. It's not rocket science. It should work out of the box.
Same with the resolution, you don't scroll thru and preview them in real time, wtf is that? That's just lazy development.

Bugs, crashes, or other stuff? Sure, that's forgivable. But basic UI and settings options that break the game, forget it. I'm not bothering with it.

If they give it some heavy patches in the next few weeks, I'll reconsider, but look at BF2042. Garbage on release, sold like crap, and it's basically dead.

Again, 100% correct. There's no excuse whatsoever.

Of course, they never needed excuses. Buying at launch and expecting a working game is literally Daffy Duck levels of silly.

Is it? The vast majority of games I've bought on release have worked fine, minus the odd bug or two.
FF XIII and FFXV ran fine, bought it on release.

[Dracoco OwO]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Devsman:

>buys at launch
>complains it doesn't work

Games should at least not have so many glitches and potential way to break up on launch ...

Sometime It's make me wonder if the developers even played the games they made.

Problem is many Square Enix games are still broken way longer after launch on Steam.

[Bad_Conduct]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Lemonfed:

Games should at least not have so many glitches and potential way to break up on launch ...

Sometime It's make me wonder if the developers even played the games they made.

Problem is many Square Enix games are still broken way longer after launch on Steam.

I find they have bugs and quarks from being ported, but they're playable. SoP wasn't playable. Changing settings was breaking the HDR, movies weren't playing, and it crashed.
$90 to sit and fight with it? ♥♥♥♥ no. $40, maybe.